Custom Search   [ Correct English | Common Errors |  | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ] [ English Compositions | High School Vocab | Words | Phrases | Celebrity | Poetry Corner | SPM essays ] [ Literary English | Word Differentiation ] Sponsored Links <<Prev English Exercises > Rational Cloze Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary English Conversation English Grammar American Idioms English Comprehension English Summary English News Movie Reviews   Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.   We are living at a time when natural disasters seem to be a regular occurrence. Over the past few years, ___1___ people have died all over the world due ___2___ one natural disaster or another. Before we can ___3___ to terms with one disaster in a particular area, we are ___4___ by another one in another part of the world. It almost seems as ___5___ nature has declared war against humanity. We do not really know when ___6___ where the enemy will strike next. Neither do we know ___7___ to cope with a calamity effectively when it does occur. Man, who is so proud of his ___8___ and knowledge, has to eat humble pie and accept the fact that when he comes face to face with the ravages of nature, he will most certainly emerge as the loser.                   1.   (A) counted   5.   (A) also (B) countable     (B) too     (C) counting       (C) if     (D) countless       (D) so                   2.   (A) with   6.   (A) but (B) to     (B) until     (C) for       (C) not     (D) because       (D) or                   3.   (A) come   7.   (A) when (B) comes     (B) why     (C) came       (C) how     (D) coming       (D) where                   4.   (A) hit   8.   (A) humility (B) hits     (B) generosity     (C) hitting       (C) wisdom     (D) will hit       (D) appearance                   Sponsored Links         Answers : 1D  'Countless', meaning very many, is the only acceptable answer. 2B  The word 'due' must be followed by 'to'. 3A  'Can' must be followed by an infinitive. 4A  A past participle is required after the verb 'are' to show that the clause is in the passive form. 5C  'As' must be followed by 'if' to mean as though. 6D  The conjunction 'or' is required after a negative to mean and neither. 7C  The interrogative adverb 'how' is required to mean in that way. 8C  The answer requires a word that relates to knowledge and intelligence             001    002    003    004    005    006    007    008    009    010    011    012    013    014    015    016    017    018    019    020    021    022    023    024    025    026    027    028    029    030    031    032    033    034    035    036    037    038    039    040    041    042    043    044    045    046    047    048    049    050    051    052    053    054    055    056    057    058    059    060    061    062    063    064    065    066    067    068    069    070    071    072    073    074    075    076    077    078    079    080    081    082    083    084    085    086    087    088    089    090    091    092    093    094    095    096    097    098    099    100    101    102    103    104    105    106    107    108    109    110    111    112    113    114    115    116    117    118    119    120    121    122    123    124    125    126    127    128    129    130    131    132    133    134    135    136    137    138    139    140    141    142    143    144    145    146    147    148    149    150    151    152    153    154    155    156    157    158    159    160    161    162    163    164    165    166    167    168    169    170    171    172    173    174    175    176    177    178    179    180    181    182    183    184    185    186    187    188    189    190    191    192    193    194    195    196    197    198    199    200    201    202    203    204    205    206    207    208    209    210    211    212    213    214    215    216    217    218    219    220    221    222    223    224    225    226    227    228    229    230    231    232    233    234    235    236    237    238    239    240    241    242    243    244    245    246    247    248    249    250    251    252    253    254    255    256    257    258    259    260    261    262    263    264    265    266    267    268    269    270    271    272    273    274    275    276    277    278    279    280       American Slang English Proverbs English Exercises Common English mistakes Ancient Chinese stories Junior English essays High School English essays Lower Secondary English essays